CONTRIBUIÇÕES DA RELAÇÃO PROFESSOR-ALUNO NO CUIDADO À SAÚDE MENTAL DE ESTUDANTES: REVISÃO DA LITERATURA DE 2015 A 2020

Abstract

This article is an integrative literature review from 2015 to 2020 on the contributions of the teacher-student relationship in the care of students’ mental health. Its general objective was to review the literature from 2015 to 2020 on the importance of the teacher-student relationship in the care of children and adolescent psychological distress, and as specific objectives: describe, based on the literature, the strategies used by teachers to deal with psychological distress demands from students; and synthesize the findings of the literature on the impacts of students’ demands on the educator’s mental health. It is qualitative research that analyzed twenty-one articles obtained through the following databases: Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), Portal periódico Capes e Biblioteca Virtual em saúde (BVS). The results were organized into three thematic axes: strategies used by educators to deal with students’ psychological distress; teacher student relationship as a support in promoting the student ‘s mental health; and existing factors in the school context that influence teachers’ mental health. The results demonstrated the importance of the teacher-student relationship in caring for the student in psychological distress, however the strategies used by teachers in support and care are, in general, based on common sense, so that dealing with the students’ suffering demands it can generate risk of teaching illness.